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(11) |
EP 0 355 772 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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17.07.1991 Bulletin 1991/29 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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28.02.1990 Bulletin 1990/09 |
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Date of filing: 21.08.1989 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE |
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Priority: |
26.08.1988 JP 210659/88 05.09.1988 JP 220411/88
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Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED |
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Tokyo 100 (JP) |
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Inventors: |
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- Uchida, Shunji
c/o Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
Kimitsu-gun
Chiba-ken (JP)
- Hachiya, Satoshi
c/o Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
Kimitsu-gun
Chiba-ken (JP)
- Hashimoto, Kenji
c/o Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
Kimitsu-gun
Chiba-ken (JP)
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Representative: Strehl Schübel-Hopf Groening & Partner |
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Maximilianstrasse 54 80538 München 80538 München (DE) |
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Liquid-crystalline copolymer |
(57) A liquid-crystalline copolymer having a long helical pitch, the liquid-crystalline
copolymer comprises the copolymerization product of;
(a) at least one liquid-crystalline epoxy compound having a helical structure and
(b) at least one liquid-crystalline epoxy compound having a helical structure opposite
in twining direction of helix to the helical structure of the liquid-crystalline epoxy
compound (a) or
(c) at least one non-liquid-crystalline epoxy compound.